Field guide No. 1548
Crosswinds
Wind with opinions
Long green grass on a wide plain lies combed in swirls, flattened one way here and the other way there under a heavy sky. Several winds came through and none of them agreed.
Field noteGrass lies combed three ways at once under one sky.
Also possible, also breaking physics
The thaw arrives earlySnow falls while small plants remain uncovered. The thaw arrived before the snow.
A horizontal hourglass defies gravityHourglasses stop when laid flat; this one pours sideways and even leaks a trickle past the glass.
The polite avalancheSnow that stops mid-fall is a physics complaint, not a logical one. Manners, apparently, are optional extras.
Cow grazing at the color boundaryCows eat grass. This one eats its colour too and leaves the field grey behind her, mowed to monochrome.